Dutch's Two Cents
Riis angrily paced in her room, unaware of the blood that freely ran down
her arm. She needed to break something....anything. She just needed to
rip something to pieces. She growled in anger. Her tail twitched in
agitation. He hurt her! The nerve of him! He had no right whatsoever to
do that. She growled. Amid her frustrations she didn't notice the
entrance of Van and Koyo.
"Riis?" Van asked tentatively.
"Yes?" she hissed.
"Is there something wrong?" Van asked uncertain if he actually should ask the question or not.
"'Is there something wrong?'" she mocked back. Riis stopped her pacing, and turned to face the pair of Draconians with an intense glare. "He cut me!"
"Riis, who was your mother?" Van asked.
"Ceciline Zannen," she responded automatically. Anger forced the next question out in a voice that was too calm. "Why?"
"What was your grandmother's name?" Van asked instead.
"Fir Shadowfox," she replied without hesitation. Van turned to Koyo. They had the information that they needed.
"Do you know what you are?" Koyo asked her.
"I'm a shadowfox," she responded. Her angry expression turned to a worried one. "Is that a bad thing?"
"Considering that you showed yourself to a good portion of the army, yes," Van stated offhandedly.
"You should have that looked at," Koyo said pointing to her arm. "Can you look human again?"
"Nope!" Riis replied. "This is my normal form anyway. Besides, I don't have enough energy right now." She smiled. "I haven't had a fight like that since before my mother passed away."
"Then put your cloak on," Van instructed. "We need to get you to Millerna."
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It turns out that the wavy blonde with the purple eyes that Riis had briefly met at breakfast turned out to be a princess of a neighboring country and a doctor. She took a look at her arm and immediately fretted.
"I haven't done anything this serious since your accident with Escaflowne, Van," Millerna replied wringing her hands. Riis didn't like her attitude, so she gripped her chin and turned her head so that her startled purple eyes looked into her tri-coloured ones.
"I don't care if you have never done this," Riis hissed. "If somebody doesn't close this, I'll bleed to death. So if you would so kindly oblige me to stitches I would greatly appreciate it."
Miller stared wide-eyed at the girl who was holding her chin in a bloody hand. She nodded, speechless. Slowly, Riis took her hand away from her hand away and sat there with complete trust in her eyes. Millerna turned, grabbed a few things out of her bag, and among them was a needle.
Koyo watched the scene unfold. He had been conversing with his father but turned around when he saw his father jerk his head. Riis was shaking with fear. Koyo saw her skin starting to darken. Koyo unfurled his wings with an explosion of feathers. Riis stared in amazement complete forgetting Millerna and the needle. Then, vision blurring, she fell on her side as Millerna put the needle away.
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Now, we backtrack since Dutch hasn't been mentioned in a while. What has this half-breed gone and done now? First of all, after Riis disappeared from her fight, Van and Koyo had no idea where to look for her. He, on the other hand, since he was bound to her, knew exactly where she was. He barked and got Van and Koyo's attention. He started to trot away, looking over his shoulder now and then. The stupid "doves", as he liked to call them, after a while finally figured out that he was trying to take them somewhere. Dutch was the one that had led them to Riis' quarters. Dutch was the one that had made sure that Hitomi had been busy cleaning up her quarters. He laughed. Hitomi had quite the job to do! He now sat to Riis' left as Millerna stitched up the gash in her upper arm. After that was done she wrapped the arm up. Dutch laid down and fell asleep.
!$(&^!#$(*%!#@($&^!$#* Sorry the chapter's short. The next chapter or maybe chapters is about Riis' mother's time in Gaia.
"Riis?" Van asked tentatively.
"Yes?" she hissed.
"Is there something wrong?" Van asked uncertain if he actually should ask the question or not.
"'Is there something wrong?'" she mocked back. Riis stopped her pacing, and turned to face the pair of Draconians with an intense glare. "He cut me!"
"Riis, who was your mother?" Van asked.
"Ceciline Zannen," she responded automatically. Anger forced the next question out in a voice that was too calm. "Why?"
"What was your grandmother's name?" Van asked instead.
"Fir Shadowfox," she replied without hesitation. Van turned to Koyo. They had the information that they needed.
"Do you know what you are?" Koyo asked her.
"I'm a shadowfox," she responded. Her angry expression turned to a worried one. "Is that a bad thing?"
"Considering that you showed yourself to a good portion of the army, yes," Van stated offhandedly.
"You should have that looked at," Koyo said pointing to her arm. "Can you look human again?"
"Nope!" Riis replied. "This is my normal form anyway. Besides, I don't have enough energy right now." She smiled. "I haven't had a fight like that since before my mother passed away."
"Then put your cloak on," Van instructed. "We need to get you to Millerna."
!#(&%^!(^$&!(#$!)#%*!@#&%^!@#
It turns out that the wavy blonde with the purple eyes that Riis had briefly met at breakfast turned out to be a princess of a neighboring country and a doctor. She took a look at her arm and immediately fretted.
"I haven't done anything this serious since your accident with Escaflowne, Van," Millerna replied wringing her hands. Riis didn't like her attitude, so she gripped her chin and turned her head so that her startled purple eyes looked into her tri-coloured ones.
"I don't care if you have never done this," Riis hissed. "If somebody doesn't close this, I'll bleed to death. So if you would so kindly oblige me to stitches I would greatly appreciate it."
Miller stared wide-eyed at the girl who was holding her chin in a bloody hand. She nodded, speechless. Slowly, Riis took her hand away from her hand away and sat there with complete trust in her eyes. Millerna turned, grabbed a few things out of her bag, and among them was a needle.
Koyo watched the scene unfold. He had been conversing with his father but turned around when he saw his father jerk his head. Riis was shaking with fear. Koyo saw her skin starting to darken. Koyo unfurled his wings with an explosion of feathers. Riis stared in amazement complete forgetting Millerna and the needle. Then, vision blurring, she fell on her side as Millerna put the needle away.
!($#^!(#$&%!(#@%^)$^&!(%!#($!@
Now, we backtrack since Dutch hasn't been mentioned in a while. What has this half-breed gone and done now? First of all, after Riis disappeared from her fight, Van and Koyo had no idea where to look for her. He, on the other hand, since he was bound to her, knew exactly where she was. He barked and got Van and Koyo's attention. He started to trot away, looking over his shoulder now and then. The stupid "doves", as he liked to call them, after a while finally figured out that he was trying to take them somewhere. Dutch was the one that had led them to Riis' quarters. Dutch was the one that had made sure that Hitomi had been busy cleaning up her quarters. He laughed. Hitomi had quite the job to do! He now sat to Riis' left as Millerna stitched up the gash in her upper arm. After that was done she wrapped the arm up. Dutch laid down and fell asleep.
!$(&^!#$(*%!#@($&^!$#* Sorry the chapter's short. The next chapter or maybe chapters is about Riis' mother's time in Gaia.